I turned 39 a few weeks ago...it was my first birthday as a mommy. And it was a lot of fun being greeted that morning with a rendition of Happy Birthday to You that warmed my heart! As with every birthday I do a little self-reflecting and this year was no different. Unlike a lot of people I am a BIG FAN of birthdays. I believe they should be celebrated and that you should be able...no should want to...celebrate who you are on those days! And so on Feb. 20th I decided that I am pleased as punch with who I am, where my life has taken me and the path I am traveling.
And since I am love LISTS as much as birthdays, I decided it would be tons of fun to come up with a list of things I want to do before next year - separated into subsections, of course! And before you get the wrong impression...this is no way, shape or form a bucket list!
And I am also going to commit to update my progress on the 20th of every month, leading all the way up to Feb. 20, 2011 - my 40th! So here it goes!
40 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I'M 40
Activities
1. Take Jacinda Camping
2. Go away for a Girls weekend with my friends Sherry and Nikki
3. Take Jacinda on a tour of the Tygart Dam
4. Get some friends together and go Christmas Caroling
5. Have a yard sale
6. Enter a contest
7. Take a fall driving tour to go leaf peaking
8. Fly a kite
9. Discover/Experience four new places/events in WV
10. Try Letterboxing
Reading
11. Read the Bible in chronological order
12. Read at least 6 of the parenting/adoption books sitting on my book shelf
13. Read more in front of and to Jacinda (at least two times a week)
14. Read at least 6 books for pleasure
Artistically speaking
15. Take an Art class/workshop
16. Attend at least 6 live theater performances
17. Attend at least 3 concerts
18. Blog at least 10 times a month (I know a stretch for me!)
In the Kitchen
19. Try two new recipes a month
20. Organize my spices into some kind of usable system
21. Come up with a new storage system for my canned goods
22. Come up with a cost-effective, creative solution for a simple/striking counter top/back splash
Better Home & Garden
23. Plant some flowers
24. Create the playroom
25. Fix that pesky leak
26. Get bathroom lights, towel rack, etc. up
27. Add more lighting
28. Get the garage organized
29. Add French doors and a patio
30. Design my dream bathroom and dressing room for when the time comes
Personal Growth & Development
31. Be a better mom
32. Become a better daughter
33. Nurture my friends more
Health and Fitness
34. Lose 40 pounds – (should it be more? Of course, but this is a great place to start)
35. Learn to love some form of exercise (This is by far the hardest one on the list)
36. Eat no processed foods for one month out of the year
Ethiopian Experiences
37. Start attending the Ethiopian Adoption Group meetings in Pittsburgh
38. Expand my Amharic skills – add 40 new words to my repertoire
39. Do a fundraiser/drive for the children at Miskaye
40. And Last and by no means least…BEGIN PAPERCHASING FOR LITTLE J!!!
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5 comments:
Begin paperchasing for little J? Boy/girl do tell!!! From Ethiopia? cool!!!!!
great list! and you don't need to work on the mom thingy or friend thingy ya got that down!!!! :)
oops forgot its me
Kathleen
in California!!! lol oops...feel free to delete and I will start over! lol
Kathleen
mom to K and D...
You just snuck that little J thing in there so stealthily! Congratulations!
GREAT idea. Of course. Maybe I will steal it. Maybe not. I am not 39 yet, after all. :)
Oh my! Congrats on the new adoption. Very exciting. Sure you'll be using Hope for this one :)
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